Kvarsnes
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| location | Kempland , East Antarctica | |
| Waters 1 | Edward VIII Bay | |
The Kvarsnes (Norwegian for Quiet Headland ) is a towering peninsula on the coast of the East Antarctic Kemplands . It protrudes immediately west of the Øygarden archipelago into the south side of Edward VIII Bay .
Norwegian cartographers, who also named them, mapped them using aerial photographs of the Lars Christensen expedition in 1936/37 .
Web links
- Kvarsnes Foreland in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Kvarsnes Foreland on geographic.org (English)